Showroom for Sixty Six (B&W and Eastman Colour)

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1898A
Date Released
21 Oct 1965
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Cupboard Love
  2. 2Who Can Beat Butty?
  3. 3Showroom for Sixty Six (B&W and Eastman Colour)

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Showroom for Sixty Six. DESCRIPTION: Motor Show Earls Court, with many surprises in motor technology and design. Also pictures in colour of the spectacular new Rolls Royce, Honda, Bond Equipe, Corsair, Standard Triumph and the Lotus Elan. SHOTLIST: B&W Section. GV Motor Show Exhibition at Earls Court. MS car names at exhibition. GV MG, Singer and Citroen stands. BMC Automatic Mini. MS Mini engine on display. CU ditto. MCU Mini Automatic gear lever. CU ditto. MS new Vauxhall Cresta. MS ditto boot. MS Checker car, longest car in show. MS pan Checker car in street. MS people inside car. BS secretary typing in car. CU people in car. MS Checker car pulling up to parking space. MS man putting money into two parking meters. MS the new MGB. MCU ditto. CU ditto showing cut away of engine. Shots of car testing safety glass. CU sign Jensen. MS of Jensen car. Head on shot. CU badge on front of car. Zoom in to CU of car wheel. (Library Material) - Various shots of the Armstrong 500 race in Australia. Various shots of Cortinas and Minis racing. LS Mini crashing into barrier, but manages to rejoin the race. Shots of the race. LS car rolling over and over. MS Vauxhall Viva goes round corner and tips over. MS marshals turn the car back over. MS man waving chequered flag. GV Earls Court Motor Show Exhibition. Rolls Royce Silver Shadow on display. Zoom in Rolls Royce emblem on top of radiator. Colour Section. Zoom out from Rolls Royce emblem. MLS Rolls Royce. MS man getting into Rolls Royce. CU man pushing button for electrically operated seats. MS seat moving forward. CU electrically operated aerial being raised. Pan up ditto. MS Rolls Royce past in street. CU driver’s hands on steering wheel. TS Rolls Royce along road. TS ditto. TS ditto. LS Rolls Royce past. MLS new Honda 600. CU bonnet being lifted to display engine. CU four carburetors. LS Honda pulling away from in front of house. TS Honda 600 on road. TS ditto. MS Honda past. LS Bond Equipe. MCU body of above lifted. CU Triumph Spitfire engine. MCU bonnet being lowered. CU boot of Bond Equipe. MS cases being put into boot. CU pan Bond Equipe past. TS ditto on road. TS ditto. TS ditto. MS ditto past. BS ditto. LS new Ford Corsair. CU V4 engine of Corsair. CU man inside car. MS car pulling away. MS ditto. MS shot inside car. TS car along road. MS Ford Corsair past. MS new Triumph thirteen hundred. MS back seat of 1300. MS front bucket seats. CU woman operating fold away window winders. CU body lifted to reveal engine. MLS Triumph 1300 turning in circle in street. MS inside car. MS pan Triumph 1300 along street. MLS Lotus Elan with man looking under bonnet. CU engine. MS man shutting bonnet and headlights. MS girl getting into car. CU girl operating electrically operated windows. MLS car pulling away from house shot through window. LS pan car pulling away along road. TS Lotus Elan along road. CU wheel of car as it’s travelling. TS Lotus Elan along road.
Keywords
Vehicles; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
Australia; Earls Court
Footage sources
Australia
Card file number
90347
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Camera
Peter Hannan
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
594
Story extras:
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